Eagles VP: ‘Our plan wasn’t to trade Sam Bradford’

When Bradford signed a contract to return to the Eagles in March, head coach Doug Pederson immediately anointed him the starter.

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Wentz, who made just 21 starts at CFS (formerly Division I-AA) North Dakota State, was considered a project when the Eagles drafted him, not almost as National Football League ready as the first pick in the draft, Jared Goff, who was taken by the Los Angeles Rams. “We felt like there had to be a significant price to pay for that …” Bridgewater’s injury could be the kind that takes more than one full season to get back from, and who knows about the long term repercussions. With extra picks in the third and fourth rounds, Spielman believes he has the ammunition to trade back into the bottom of the first round, which is where this Super Bowl contender was expecting to pick with Bridgewater healthy.

Hill was Bradford’s initial replacement in 2014, and ended up starting nine games that season for the Rams.

Bradford will be reunited with former Sooners teammate Adrian Peterson, who was told of the trade before Saturday’s Oklahoma-Houston game. I still wouldn’t rule out the Eagles competing or even winning a diluted NFC East because their front seven on defense has a chance to be that good.

“I’m just trying to familiarize myself with (offensive coordinator Norv) Turner’s offense”.

Roseman met with reporters on Saturday and didn’t get into all the details on how the deal went down or how it was able to come together so quickly despite being such a blockbuster.

So Bradford, whose career has been blemished by injuries since becoming the first overall pick in the 2010 draft by St. Louis, entered the picture. None other than Hill.

New faces: QB Sam Bradford, rookie WR Laquon Treadwell, LG Alex Boone, RT Andre Smith, rookie CB Mackensie Alexander, SS Michael Griffin, LB Emmanuel Lamur.

Shurmur and Bradford also spent the 2015 season together in Philadelphia. A win over the Eagles would obviously, improve the pick the Browns will get from Philadelphia. He concluded his half of work with 14 completions in 22 attempts and 131 yards. His passer rating was a solid 86.4, slightly better than Bridgewater’s 85.2.

Philly.com interviewed Bradford and the 28-year old former Heisman Trophy victor looks to reuniting his ties with college teammate Adrian Peterson and tight end coach Pat Shurmur.

“Because of our quarterback depth chart, we got some calls this week”, Roseman said.

Bradford’s departure means backup Chase Daniel will start the season as Philadelphia’s No. 1 quarterback. The reason things for Bradford will not change is because he still has a below average receiving core. That was the plan after the Birds dealt five draft picks to Cleveland to move up for Wentz.

If Wentz does ends up starting in Week 1, it would be a dramatic shift for the Eagles, who have said they planned to sit the rookie for a large bulk of the 2016 season.

One question before we review the happenings: Why didn’t the Dallas Cowboys try to trade for Sam Bradford? You can be fairly certain they have talked a few times since the Bridgewater injury, and Parcells might have reminded Zimmer about how his Giants rode a running back, Ottis Anderson, to the Super Bowl championship in 1990 after losing Simms for the year to a late-season injury. “It wasn’t as much of a normal negotiation as you’ve had – a give and take, a back and forth – because we had our starting quarterback”. He was lost for the season with a dislocated left knee and torn ACL suffered last Tuesday in practice.

Howie Roseman, the Eagles executive vice president of football operations, said the team fully meant to enter the season with Bradford as their starter.